Meaning

4 senses

  1. As a result; for that reason; therefore; because of this; due to this.

    I was hungry, so I asked if there was any more food.

    He ate too much cake and so he fell ill.

    also

    иi, поэ́томуpoétomu, та́к чтоták što

    тому́tomú, так щоtak ščo

  2. Used to connect previous conversation or events to the following question.

    So how does this story end?

  3. Used to introduce a rhetorical question.

    “We'd like to visit but I don't know if we can afford a hotel.” — “So who's staying in a hotel? Stay with us.”

  4. (archaic)Provided that; on condition that; as long as.

Examples

25718 sentences

  1. You make me feel so guilty.

    З-за тебе я почуваюся таким винним. — deniko

    ruИз-за тебя я чувствую себя таким виноватым. — odexed

    deDu erzeugst in mir solche Schuldgefühle. — Sudajaengi

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  2. Why are you looking so sad?

    Чому ти такий сумний? — deniko

    deWieso siehst du so traurig aus? — MUIRIEL

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  3. Why did you get so angry?

    Чому ти так розізлився? — deniko

    ruЧего ты так разозлился? — marafon

    deWarum wurdest du so wütend? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  4. Why are you so tired today?

    Чому ти сьогодні такий втомлений? — deniko

    ruПочему ты сегодня такой уставший? — nadya

    deWarum sind Sie so müde heute? — Eldad

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  5. I'm so sorry to hear that.

    Мені дуже шкода це чути. — aandrusiak

    deEs tut mir so leid, das zu hören. — Tamy

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Translations

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Origin

From Middle English so, swo, zuo, swa, swe, from Old English swā, swǣ, swē (“so, as, the s

From Middle English so, swo, zuo, swa, swe, from Old English swā, swǣ, swē (“so, as, the same, such, that”), from Proto-West Germanic *swā, from Proto-Germanic *swa, *swē (“so”), from Proto-Indo-European *swē, *swō (reflexive pronomial stem). Cognate with Scots sae (“so”), Saterland Frisian so (“so”), West Frisian sa (“so”), Dutch zo (“so”), German Low German so (“so”), German so (“so”), Danish så (“so”), Norwegian Nynorsk so (“so”), Swedish så (“so, such that”), Faroese so (“so”), Icelandic svo (“so”), Old Latin suad (“so”), Albanian sa (“how much, so, as”), Ancient Greek ὡς (hōs, “as”), Urdu سو (sō, “hence”).

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Lessons for this word

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See also

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